PASSINGS: Charles S. Dubin, Jonathan Exley

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Eva Zeisel was a ceramic artist and designer known for her tableware. Few who admired her often-abstract designs knew that she had been imprisoned as a young woman in the Soviet Union and later forced to flee Nazi-occupied Austria. She was 105. Full obituary

Eva Zeisel was a ceramic artist and designer known for her tableware. Few who admired her often-abstract designs knew that she had been imprisoned as a young woman in the Soviet Union and later forced to flee Nazi-occupied Austria. She was 105. Full obituary (Talisman Brolin / Chronicle Books)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the mercurial strongman who styled himself as a "Dear Leader" while ruling over an impoverished police state, defied and baffled the world with his nuclear aims and bizarre actions. He was 69. Full obituary

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the mercurial strongman who styled himself as a "Dear Leader" while ruling over an impoverished police state, defied and baffled the world with his nuclear aims and bizarre actions. He was 69. Full obituary (Dmitry Astakhov / Itar-Tass / Abaca Press / MCT)

A former dissident playwright, Havel was the revered first president of Czechoslovakia after it overthrew Communist rule in 1989. His slogan: "May truth and love triumph over lies and hatred." He was 75. Full obituary

A former dissident playwright, Havel was the revered first president of Czechoslovakia after it overthrew Communist rule in 1989. His slogan: "May truth and love triumph over lies and hatred." He was 75. Full obituary (Petr David Josek / Associated Press)

The British American's polemical writings on religion, politics, war and other hot-button topics established him as a leading public intellectual. His openness about having cancer elicited thousands of letters and emails to Vanity Fair, where he was a longtime contributor. He was 62. Full...

The British American's polemical writings on religion, politics, war and other hot-button topics established him as a leading public intellectual. His openness about having cancer elicited thousands of letters and emails to Vanity Fair, where he was a longtime contributor. He was 62. Full... (Christian Witkin / TwelveBooks)

He also was the producer and director of the 1965 CBS production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein made-for-TV musical "Cinderella," which starred Lesley Ann Warren and Stuart Damon, and also featured Walter Pidgeon, Celeste Holm, Jo Van Fleet andGinger Rogers.

Among the awards Dubin received in his long career were a daytime Emmy Award in 1990 for directing "Mathnet" segments of the public TV program "Square One TV."

Dubin got his start in television in the early 1950s directing such live programs as "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse," "Omnibus" and "Producers' Showcase."

Born Feb. 1, 1919, in New York City, Dubin graduated from Brooklyn College in 1941. After studying acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse, he began performing in the Catskills before returning to New York and working first as a stage manager and then as an associate director for TV.